[scribus] RGB to CMYK for vector images

[john Culleton]

On Tue, 28 May 2013 19:57:20 +0400
Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 7:52 PM, john Culleton
> <John at wexfordpress.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 May 2013 19:13:29 +0400
> > Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 7:11 PM, john Culleton wrote:
> >> > If I import an RGB  vector image created by e.g., Inkscape, (pdf,
> >> > eps, svg, whatever)and set up the Scribus pdf output with a CMYK
> >> > profile, am I guaranteed that the pdf output will be in CMYK
> >> > format and not RGB?I know I can use ImageMagick for such a
> >> > transformation but that approach loses the vector nature of the
> >> > image.
> >>
> >> Is there a reason you are not using CMYK colors in Inkscape when
> >> saving SVG?
> >>
> >> Alexandre Prokoudine
> >> http://libregraphicsworld.org
> >>
> >> ___
> >>
> > While it is possible to use CMYK colors in Inkscape the program
> > works in RGB internally. And SVG always records colors in RGB form.
> 
> Absolutely not. See
> http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/getting-cmyk-colors-from-inkscape-to-scribus
> 
> Alexandre Prokoudine
> http://libregraphicsworld.org
> 
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One more question. Is there a useful Inkscape color palette that is
restricted to CMYK colors? Or doesn't that matter?

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